Elevating mystery fiction to the level of art, Hammett is one of the finest writers of the twentieth century: Nightmare Town is a stunning collection of twenty short stories with an introduction by Colin Dexter. In the title story, a man on a bender enters a smal town and ends up unravelling the dark mystery at its heart. In three stories, Sam Spade confronts the darkness in the human soul while rolling his own cigarettes. A woman confronts the brutal truth about her husband in the chilling story, 'Ruffian's Wife'. And the first study for 'The Thin Man' sends John Guild on a murder investigation in which almost every witness may be lying. In 'Nightmare Town' Hammett shows us a world where people confront a multitude of evils...
Genre: Mystery
Genre: Mystery
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Hardback Editions
April 2001 : UK Hardback
 | Title: Nightmare Town: Stories Author(s): Dashiell Hammett ISBN: 0-330-48109-6 / 978-0-330-48109-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Picador Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
August 1999 : USA Hardback
 | Title: Nightmare Town: Stories Author(s): Dashiell Hammett ISBN: 0-375-40111-3 / 978-0-375-40111-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Knopf Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
Paperback Editions
October 2013 : USA Paperback
 | Title: Nightmare Town and Other Stories Author(s): Dashiell Hammett ISBN: 1-62730-027-9 / 978-1-62730-027-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Stonewell Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
January 2012 : UK Paperback
 | Title: Nightmare Town Author(s): Dashiell Hammett ISBN: 1-4472-1957-0 / 978-1-4472-1957-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Picador Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
September 2000 : USA Paperback
 | Title: Nightmare Town: Stories Author(s): Dashiell Hammett ISBN: 0-375-70102-8 / 978-0-375-70102-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
August 2002 : UK Paperback
 | Title: NIGHTMARE TOWN: Twenty long unavailable stories Author(s): Dashiell Hammett ISBN: 0-330-48110-X / 978-0-330-48110-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Picador Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
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